Crab Cave (Holocene of Cayman Islands)

Where: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (19.3° N, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 81.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; unlithified, black, brown peat

• Quiet estuarine or brackish depositional environment such as a mangrove swamp or coastal lagoon
• dark brown to black, highly organic, peaty sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. G. McDonald, G. S. Morgan, N. R. Thanz and M. K. Langworthy in 1976 and 1980

Primary reference: G. S. Morgan, R. Franz, and R. I. Crombie. 1993. The Cuban Crocodile, Crocodylus rhombifer, from Late Quaternary Fossil Deposits on Grand Cayman. Caribbean Journal of Science 29(3-4):153-164 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144132: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.05.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Titanohierax cf. gloveralleni
Titanohierax cf. gloveralleni Wetmore 1937 Bahama eagle
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus rhombifer
Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier 1807 Cuban crocodile
1 tooth (UF 22739)
 Squamata - Polychrotidae
Anolis conspersus
Anolis conspersus Garman 1887 anole
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Cyclura nubila
Cyclura nubila Gray 1831 rock iguana
 Squamata -
Lacertilia indet.
Lacertilia indet. lizard
smaller lizards
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Aristelliger praesignis
Aristelliger praesignis Hallowell 1856 croacking gecko
 Serpentes -
Serpentes indet.
Serpentes indet. snake
two species
 Squamata - Boidae
Tropidophis caymanensis
Tropidophis caymanensis Battersby 1938 boa
 Squamata - Colubridae
Alsophis cantherigerus
Alsophis cantherigerus Bibron 1843 colubrid snake
Mammalia
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Brachyphylla nana
Brachyphylla nana Miller 1902 fruit-eating bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus fuscus
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
 Chiroptera - Mormoopidae
Pteronotus parnellii
Pteronotus parnellii Gray 1843 mustached bat
 Soricomorpha - Nesophontidae
Nesophontes sp.
Nesophontes sp. Anthony 1916 placental
 Rodentia - Capromyidae
Capromyidae indet., Geocapromys sp., Capromys sp.
Capromyidae indet. Smith 1842 hutia
Geocapromys sp. Chapman 1901 hutia
Capromys sp. Desmarest 1822 hutia